A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 6 July 2017 at 20:10 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A bicycle and a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 20:10 on Thursday 6 July 2017. The 32-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2017
- Thursday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52536, longitude -0.07065, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weavers, Tower Hamlets, E2 7LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010047149
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1209
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2013.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 26 May 2013
At the same spotRef 201301HT20369
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 5 February 2003
At the same spotRef 200301HT00242
Slight
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 23 February 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010HB0044
Serious
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 18 November 2021
At the same spotRef 2021010344701
Slight
Volkswagen ID3 crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 10 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010585850
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 7 May 2021
7 m awayRef 2021010306009
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 32, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2017010047149 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 2017.